Tag: prisons

Sentenced offender numbers in SA prisons decline over 10 years – here are the numbers

The overall prison population has increased since 2014, but this is mainly…

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Mpumalanga prisons face staffing squeeze and overcrowding worries

The Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services has raised concerns about staffing shortages…

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Here’s how South Africa’s prisons are bursting at the seams

Not a single region in the country is operating within its approved…

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More than 400 deaths in South African prisons unaccounted for

86 officials have been charged in connection with unnatural deaths in prisons…

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Here’s the amount of drugs that were confiscated in SA’s prisons last year

The Department of Correctional Services recently released a breakdown of the drugs…

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Court processes clogging prisons, hears correctional services committee

The Department of Correctional Services says 40% of the prison population is…

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Returnee Claims Nigerians Are Losing Their Minds in Libyan Prisons

Nigerians: Olaniyi, a 32-year-old widow and mother of two, has opened up…

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3 toughest, inescapable prisons in the world

A prison, by definition, is meant to be a place of correction,…

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Breaking bad: Prisons minister revokes parole of Alison Botha’s attackers in historic move

Pieter Groenewald is SA's first correctional services minister to overturn parole granted…

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Nearly 15k foreigners in SA’s overcrowded prisons

South African prisons are 56% overcrowded, with 14 920 foreign nationals contributing…

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